Thryptomene hubbardii

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Thryptomene hubbardii
Status DECF P3.svg
Priority Three — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Thryptomene
Species:
T. hubbardii
Binomial name
Thryptomene hubbardii

Thryptomene hubbardii is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in the west of Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub with crowded broadly egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and flowers with five pale pink petals and nine or ten stamens.

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Description

Thryptomene hubbardii is a spreading shrub that typically grows to 0.5–1.0 m (1 ft 8 in – 3 ft 3 in) high and 0.7–2.2 m (2 ft 4 in – 7 ft 3 in) wide. Its leaves are crowded on the branchlets, pointing upwards or pressed against the stem, broadly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 2.5–4.3 mm (0.098–0.169 in) long and 2.8–3.4 mm (0.11–0.13 in) wide on a petiole 0.4–1 mm (0.016–0.039 in) long. The flowers are arranged in small clusters of two to four pairs of flowers on a peduncle 0.6–2.5 mm (0.024–0.098 in) long with bracteoles 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) long that remain until the fruit falls. The flowers are 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) in diameter with broadly heart-shaped sepals 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) long and keeled. The petals are usually pale pink, 2.5–3.3 mm (0.098–0.130 in) long and there are nine or ten stamens. Flowering occurs from August to December. [2]

Taxonomy

Thryptomene hubbardii was first formally described in 2014 by Barbara Lynette Rye and Malcolm Eric Trudgen in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected by near Mullewa by Bronwen and Gregory Keighery in 2004. [2] [3] The specific epithet (hubbardii) honours Richard T. Hubbard, who prepared a detailed but unpublished manuscript for the Myrtaceae of Western Australia. [2]

Distribution and habitat

This thryptomene grows in tall shrubland and mallee woodland from the East Yuna Nature Reserve to Indarra Springs Nature Reserve in the Avon Wheatbelt and Geraldton Sandplains biogeographic regions of Western Australia. [4]

Conservation status

Thryptomene hubbardii is classified as "Priority Two" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife [4] meaning that it is poorly known and from only one or a few locations. [5] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Thryptomene hubbardii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Rye, Barbara L.; Trudgen, Malcolm E. (2014). "An update to the taxonomy of some Western Australian genera of Myrtaceae tribe Chamelaucieae. 3. Thryptomene" (PDF). Nuytsia. 24: 285–288. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Thryptomene hubbardii". APNI. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 "Thryptomene hubbardii". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  5. ↑ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
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